GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| finished | entirely done |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| flounder | flatfish |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| portly | dignified |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |